Is it possible to uninstall the Amazon appstore?

The closest thing to malware on my phone is clearly the app store.
It frequently opens when I use other apps, then has to be manually closed to prevent battery drain. And Amazon obviously uses it for gathering information.
I've noticed that there's no simple way to uninstall it. Has anyone tried?

Also, can BBM be uninstalled? I never use it, and was just thinking that it would create considerable free space to get rid of it.

There are a bunch of threads about this already and people have found a few solutions/workarounds.
I would check out this thread: http://forums.crackberry.com/blackbe...e-bb10-972935/
That thread has a few links to other threads in it too describing different methods.